25 March 2013

HARASSOR

Los Angeles noise mongers HARASSOR have been hovering in underground black metal/noise circles since the mid '00s, and this 2006 demo has been released and reissued several times during their reign. But in case you've been living under a rock (or filling your earholes exclusively with white noise drenched sounds that gaze fondly upon the ghosts of Kyushu, Bristol and Stockholm), here is that first demo in two different versions. Both Annex Scum and Nostilevo re-issued these tracks in 2011, but with different artwork, slightly altered track order and a different mix (though the "different mix" could in fact be simply a difference in the quality of the cassettes that I bought) - both versions are included in today's post. Purists rejoice, the curious are welcome to delete one of the two upon initial listen (and perhaps the second one shortly thereafter), but all will revel in the harsh brutality of "She Who Makes Dogs Shiver" and the churning destruction that is "Marching Abomination." These are dark and frightening times, and the soundtrack sometimes needs to suit them.

4 comments:

Robert,I'm having troubles getting music out to the masses. You initially helped me in regards to this stuff, so I'm coming back to you. I see you use OpenDrive. I tried to use it, but after uploading about 5 records/tapes it said I was out of bandwidth. I have tried to read & understand what this means, but I just cant seem to compute. Do you have an account? Do you use a zip file when uploading? Any help would be appreciated.No Beast So Idiotic-SEAN

Sean - I zip the files before uploading, always mp3s (.wav files take up WAY more room), and I do pay for the cheapest Opendrive account. Of course, I paid for Mediafire too, and you see where that got me...

TAPES....FUCKING TAPES!!!

TERMINAL ESCAPE is a home for cassettes. Terminal Escape is here to share music that was released on, or copied onto, cassette. Whenever possible, I have linked the posts to currently active labels and/or bands, and you are encouraged to buy physical copies of the tapes you enjoy, as this blog is meant to support those bands and labels, not circumvent them. Likewise, if you have a legitimate claim to any of the music I've shared and would like it removed, I'm happy to do so.

DEAD LINKS are common. I will likely not repair broken links, because I am more focused on daily uploads. Various overzealous file hosting sites are making it increasingly difficult to share even non-copyright protected music, and as a result the majority of the download links in older Terminal Escape posts are probably not active.